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Telepathic.Geometry wrote:
Heh, I was able to kill her in a matter of about 10 seconds on 1984 Mode. ^-^

Get your Gear and your Vigors right and she's a piece of piss. Otherwise, it turns into a massive war of attrition. Vigors and Gears, the key to all combat in the game. Get your gears and vigors in order fella...

At the risk of poking this nest of gay vipers yet again, its impossible to know that on your first playthrough.

I arrived at her with a long range build which was so useless the game eventually took pity on me and stopped spawning zombies.

The second and FUCKING THIRD time she showed up, the arena was a lot more suited to the skillz I had and I iced her quite quickly.

I've done the bit where Elizabeth fucks off and you're on your own for a bit. Then we've regrouped again. Then did the second tear-world (which is pretty cool I have to say). I am currently in a room with about 2-3 flamers, a patriot and various goons, which is where I was struggling yesterday.

Generally, I'm having a laugh, but it really fucks me off when the combat goes mental. An example was trying to snipe two or three relatively straight forward enemies and whilst lining up, they seem to have unsurpassed accuracy at long range and just rip me to shreds

Though I haven't upgraded much yet, as I wasn't sure what to go for. Just need to settle on a weapon Let me know what you think when you start fighting flamers and patriots at the same time. It's probably just me being a twat, but I'd be interested to know. Handyman's can fucking do one too.

Didn't read your spoiler as I'm not sure where you are, but the little cow has just knocked me out in the airship and now I've got to find her in the docks.

I really like the carbine. Patriots are a bit of a pain, I guess RPGs are useful there but I never have one handy. I usually just find a place to hold up, set a few traps and use my carbine to pick off the goons from distance!

I do wish you could have more than two weapons at a time though. Never know what to pick up as you don't know what is through the next door. Part of the challenge I guess.

I've also found that ammo and money is very plentiful so far. One of the things I liked so much about the first one was the lack of supplies. You really had to manage your resources.

Telepathic.Geometry wrote:
Heh, I was able to kill her in a matter of about 10 seconds on 1984 Mode. ^-^

Get your Gear and your Vigors right and she's a piece of piss. Otherwise, it turns into a massive war of attrition. Vigors and Gears, the key to all combat in the game. Get your gears and vigors in order fella...

At the risk of poking this nest of gay vipers yet again, its impossible to know that on your first playthrough.

My problem exactly. Through scarcity of ammo that I had with my favoured upgraded guns I had approached that moment with a Burst Gun and a Shotgun. Had I known there would have been a boss fight there (the first time the game ever presents one), I would have been more cautious. I don't mind if the game throws in a boss fight, but the fact that there wasn't a vending machine around really irritated me as I was stuck with the weapons I had and my choice of vigors didn't suit the boss fight either. At least that way I could have spent the money I had accumulated rather than losing a portion every time I died. The game took such pity on me over this sudden difficulty spike that it skipped over the boss fight entirely for me. Again, it's impossible to know the right strategy if you're playing it blind on your first playthrough. I mean, fuck me for wanting to upgrade Undertow and Murder of Crows over Charge right?

I did find it easier on the second and third time because at least then there were vending machines about so I could finally use my upgraded guns.

quadfather wrote:
And another thing while I'm at it - I had a sniper rifle and I shot this rpg goon twice in the face.

Twice. In the face. With a sniper rifle.

And he's still alive, merrily lobbing rpgs

what the fuck is that about?

That's another issue I had with the game, it's that the enemies just feel like bulletsponges rather than what you're used to in other FPS.

quadfather wrote:
@Tuffty

So I need charge?

Depends on what difficulty you're on mate. For me, my first playthrough was on Hard. If you're the same I would just look up ahead of time so you know which area of the game has the boss fight and be prepared. I honestly don't remember what the valid strategy is for it, I had already passed that point so I didn't care. Something about upgrading Charge that gives you a period of invincibility after using it which is practically essential in that fight. Would maybe recommend looking it up on Youtube for hints or something.

Yeah I had to look up about combos. Possession and fire makes the possessed person run around like a loon and set fire to others. Same with possession and shock. Not been particularly successful with it but its fun to try.